CULTUREBOT:SCANNING THE LANDSCAPE

UTR and CULTUREBOT present a series of round table conversations on the most current and compelling ideas at work in the field of contemporary theater and the conditions in which it is being made.

Join leading practitioners, thinkers and supporters of cutting edge theater for lively discussions on the state of the field and what the future might hold.

FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC at The Public Theater

RUNNING TIME: 90 MINUTES

SAME PLANET, DIFFERENT WORLDS

All theater is by definition local. Or is it? How does theater’s site-specificity change in a massively interconnected global society? How do we address not just issues of language but larger contextual issues and cultural assumptions in translating work from one place to another? How do we grapple with cross-cultural and intercultural translations in work that is made collaboratively across borders or online? Join invited guests Abigail Browde, Doug Howe, Kate Loewald, Erwin Maas, Aya Ogawa, Mariano Pensotti, and Dan Rothenberg for a freewheeling conversation about the challenges of thinking globally and creating locally in 2015.

Saturday, January 10 — 1pm at The Public Theater

THE ART OF ACTING IN CONTEMPORARY THEATER

For more than a century the dominant technique for acting has been based on Stanislavski, The Method and Psychological realism. How do actors do what they do in a post-Freudian, post-psychological, mediated, world of ensemble and collaborative work, post-dramatic theater, contemporary performance, and multimedia immersive experiences? Join invited guests Birgit Huppuch, Juliana Francis Kelly, Tony Torn, Kate Valk, and Paul Zimet for an informal and wide-randing conversation on the state of the art of acting in 2015.

Sunday, January 11 — 1pm at The Public Theater

POSTSHOW DISCUSSIONS

Connect with the artists of the festival and the ideas behind their work with moderated post-show talkbacks. Visit show pages for schedule.